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Stewardship & Engagement
Using our influence as active owners to drive positive change.
As responsible stewards of our clients' capital, engagement with companies, fund managers and policymakers is a vital part of what we do.
No asset manager or company is perfect, and this is why we need to use stewardship to continuously push for positive change.
Our stewardship actions protect our clients' capital and help it grow, by addressing sustainability weaknesses that bear financial risk and opportunity. We see these as the same goal: a fairer, more sustainable economy supports long-term returns, and that's part of our fiduciary duty.
How we do it: five levers
Our active approach to engagement is a core part of our service. It's an effective lever to bring about positive social and environmental outcomes across all of our clients' portfolios. There are five main components to our stewardship strategy:
Holding fund managers to account
We expect the managers we select to vote and engage ambitiously, and we check that they do.
Acting on red flags
When our portfolio monitoring picks up a concern, we raise it to address it.
Driving change on strategic themes
We engage proactively on the issues where we can add most value.
Strength in numbers
We actively support investor coalitions to engage directly with the companies our clients own.
AGM activism
We turn up to company meetings and put questions to boards in person.
Our 2026 strategic engagement themes
Our 2026 strategic engagement themes are outlined in our EQ Stewardship strategy, and include:
- Climate change
- Biodiversity risk
- Human rights
- Responsible AI
- Access to medicine
- Access to nutrition
Stewardship in action
Our 2026 stewardship videos are being added here shortly.
Find out more
To find out more about our stewardship approach and how it supports your clients, please get in touch.
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